Doctoral Research Fellow

Humboldt-University

Berlin

Today - 2016

• Worked with large data (millions of observations), using R tidyverse tools to program and test automated quality checking and data manipulation routines.
  
• Use probabilistic programming language Stan to flexibly build complex Bayesian computational models.
• Applied hierarchical Bayesian regression and mixture modeling techniques to account for different aspects of how the data was structured and generated.
• Use of high performance computing clusters and threading in order to provide scalable modeling solutions, reverting in added time to iterate over model building.
• Developed visualizations using ggplot in R to efficiently communicate insights and assess statistical model performance.

Research Trainee

Psychological methods group

University of Amsterdam, NL

2016 - 2015

• Created, maintained and fact-checked an archival data base with historical events from the Psychometric Society, resulting in a publication.
• Used R to develop and deploy animated network visualizations of sequences of historical events.

Telemarketer

Yourvoice Contact Solutions lda

Lisbon, Portugal

2015 - 2014

• Acquired a goal-orientation attitude and skills needed to work in a fast-paced and high pressure role, as demonstrated by being in the ‘Top 5’ employees for successive months.

Psychologist, intern

Center for Family and Parental Support

Barreiro, Portugal

2014 - 2013

• Developed inter-disciplinary team work and project management skills by conducting youth group interventions, organizing community events and family counseling activities.

Librarian

Library of Psychology, University of Lisbon

Lisbon, Portugal

2013 - 2012

• Developed my communication and organizational skills, by being responsible for costumer care and for organizing the reading space and storage repositories.

Research Assistant

Cognitive psychology lab

University of Lisbon, Portugal

2012 - 2011

• Assisted ongoing research projects by doing data collection and literature review, resulting in an authored publication and development of project management skills.

Research Fellow

Grant by Amadeu Dias Foundation

Lisbon, Portugal

2011 - 2010

• Responsible for data collection, lab management and reporting. The project received the foundation’s award for best social sciences project.

PhD in Computational Psychology

Humboldt-University

Berlin

Today - 2016

• Grant by the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course.

Erasmus Intensive Program in Mathematical Psychology

University of Tartu

Sagadi, Estonia

2014

Masters in Clinical Psychology

University of Lisbon

Lisbon, Portugal

2015 - 2012

For my thesis I developed and deployed an online survey, and self-learned R to implement a non-standard statistical model. All of which resulted in receiving the highest grade with distinction.

BA in Psychological Sciences

University of Lisbon

Lisbon, Portugal

2011 - 2009

Student representation

Graduate students representative

Berlin

2018 - 2017

• Agilized the communication between administration and students.

Elder Care

Elderly Care Home

Lisbon, Portugal

2014 - 2013

Supported physiotherapy sessions with the elderly.

Student representation

Pedagogical Counsel

Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon

2013 - 2009

• As student body representative, I made the bridge between the students and faculty.
• I was responsible for scheduling the exams for all courses and represented the faculty in an external evaluation process.

Disaster Relief

Faculty of Psychology

University of Lisbon, Portugal

2010

• Organized a Goods Collection Campaign to support Madeira’s population, when it was affected by disaster floods in February 2010.

Drug Addiction and Homelessness

Teen Challenge

Lisbon, Portugal

2009 - 2006

• Volunteered at the food and syringes delivery team. Organized and conducted community activities for children and elderly people in a disadvantaged neighborhood.